Oppian
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Oppian (, ; ), also known as Oppian of Anazarbus, of Corycus, or of Cilicia, was a 2nd-century Greco-Roman poet during the reign of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, who composed the Halieutica, a five-book didactic epic on fishing.
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- Born
- fl. 2nd cent.
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Oppianou Anazarbeōs Halieutikōn biblia V. Kynēgetikōn biblia IV
- De venatione lib.IIII. De piscatu lib V.
- Paraphrasis eis ta kynēgetika
- La caccia e la pesca
- Alieuticon, sive De piscibus, libri quinq[ue] è Graeco traducti
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Cilicia
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Work location
- Ancient Rome
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Oppian of Apamea
- floruit
- 0200-00-00
- date of birth
- 0101-00-00
- cause of death
- plague
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Jamie Siddons
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Biography
- The ''Halieutica''
- Editions
- Translations
- References
- External links
Oppian (, ; ), also known as Oppian of Anazarbus, of Corycus, or of Cilicia, was a 2nd-century Greco-Roman poet during the reign of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, who composed the Halieutica, a five-book didactic epic on fishing.
==Biography== Oppian states that he is from 'the city of Hermes' and the 'city at the promontory of Sarpedon'. This has been supplemented by information from the biographies attached to medieval manuscripts, which state that his birthplace was Caesarea (now known as Anazarbus) or Corycus in Cilicia, or Corycus according to the Suda. All these cities were in the Roman province of Cilicia, in what is now southern Turkey.
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